Amy Tofte is a Los Angeles-based playwright and screenwriter who won a Nicholl Fellowship in screenwriting from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Her play Righteous Among Us (2020 Todd McNerney Award) had a staged reading at Urban Stages (off-Broadway) in 2023. She was recently a playwright with the Evolving Playwrights Group at Circle X Theatre where she completed a new “impossible play” about the climate crisis called Rain Dog War. She has been in residence at the Autry Museum of the American West, Brush Creek, Monson Arts, The Kennedy Center, Headlands Center for the Arts, and Yaddo with work produced and developed throughout the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and twice at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild. MFA, CalArts

River Timms was born in Alabama and raised in the sticks. They graduated from Belmont University with a B.A in Theatre in 2018 after years of trying to find their "thing". Their plays Opus and Tall Tales were both produced with Woven Theatre, and their work has been seen all around Nashville ever since. River was part of the 2020-2021 New Works 615 cohort, a local playwriting cohort under the umbrella of the Nashville Rep's Ingram New Works project, where they collaborated and wrote material for Little Hollow, TN, a multimedia theatrical adventure. River’s other theatrical work involves adapting classics such as the Garden of Eden tale (The Naughty Tree, Kindling Arts) and A Christmas Carol (Christmas Carol Circuit Party, Woven Theatre) for queer-inspired club settings. The Naughty Tree was written in collaboration with Kindling Arts Festival, and it was selected as the Best Local Theatre Performance by The Nashville Scene in 2022. River currently lives in Nashville, acting as the Resident Playwright and Literary Manager of Woven Theatre.

Cameron L. Mitchell is an internationally acclaimed artist renowned for his transformative storytelling. As a playwright, he has produced notable works such as “Blackbird,” a powerful one-man show exploring Black men's mental health, which has been showcased at Middle Tennessee State University, the Kindling Arts Festival, and the Shades of Black Festival. His work “Love Yourz,” a unique love story intertwining Rap and Poetry, also earned recognition at the Shades of Black Festival. An award-winning actor, Cameron is celebrated for his portrayal of Corey Maxson in the critically acclaimed Broadway play "Fences" (Nashville Rep), which won the Best Contemporary Drama award. His other distinguished roles include Sunny and Brandon in the world premiere of “Ghost” at the Nashville Children’s Theatre, and Subject 1 in “Project Awake.” As a Tennessee-based teaching artist, Cameron has collaborated with prominent organizations such as Disney, PBS, Metro Arts, Oz Arts, the National Civil Rights Museum, the Jazz Museum in Harlem, 21c Chicago, the Stax Museum, The Bobby Jones Show, Vanderbilt University, Meharry Medical College, and many more. Through his spoken word poetry, Cameron raises awareness about mental health and ignites important conversations, performing and conducting creative writing workshops across the globe, including in Japan, Tanzania, and Germany. He was honored as the 2021 Actor Laureate and the 2022 Poet Laureate of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Cameron is also the founder of Free Fyre, a 501(c)(3) arts organization committed to arts advocacy and community engagement.

Sarah Michele Bailey is a make-it-happen creative. She is a singer, composer/songwriter, actress, audio engineer, music producer, music director, and she makes a mean bicycle horn noise. She is so excited to be back at Nashville Rep after music directing the opener to the 40th anniversary season, Waitress! Other favorite music directing credits include Finding Nemo and Pippi. A member of Actor’s Equity, she’s performed across the spectrum of musical theatre, from brand new musical workshops (Fairy Goddaughter, Hip Hop Cinderella, Auntie Clause) to well-known works The Little Mermaid, My Fair Lady, and The Phantom of the Opera. You can find her musical creations on the music platform of your choice, including the soundtrack to her award-winning superhero musical web series, Incognita’s Infamous Adventures, now streaming on Amazon Prime! She is deeply honored and unspeakably excited for this opportunity. Follow her on socials @sarahmichelemusic. Love to Christopher and Cass. Non nobis.